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Cogswell
& Harrison |
Sidelock
Ejector |
12ga, 2
1/2" |
$4,650 |
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25" SxS
chopper-lump barrels choked improved cylinder and modified. 14 |
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1/2"pull
from front trigger to striated wood butt, 1 1/2" - 2 1/4"drop, 3/8"
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cast-off. Figured walnut stock with straight English grip, Anson
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pushbutton-release splinter forend, teardrops and vacant silver oval.
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Southgate ejectors. Rose & scroll engraved receiver. Weight: 6lbs, 7oz.
Nitro |
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proofed
for 1 1/8oz. Refinished, but excellent mechanically: mirror bright
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bores
ring like chimes, Dead tight on the face even with the forend removed,
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minimum
wall thickness .029 inches, sound wood.
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Holloway
& Naughton |
Premier
Model Sidelock Ejector |
12ga, 2
3/4" |
$49,750 |
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30" O/U
chopper-lump barrels of EN19T steel with narrow solid flat hand- |
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matted
rib, choked improved cylinder & improved modified. 13 1/2"pull |
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from
single non-selective trigger to checkered wood butt. 1 5/8" - 2 5/8"
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drop.
1/4" cast-off. Exhibition Turkish walnut stock with straight English
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grip,
Anson-pushbutton-release Boss-type reinforced field forend, classic
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wrap-around point-pattern checkering with mullered borders, teardrops, and
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gold
oval. Coin finished, sculptured, shallow action with bifurcated lumps,
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back-action sidelocks with intercepting sears, gold line cocking indicators,
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hold-open toplever and manual safety with SAFE inlaid in gold. Engraved
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with
well cut shaded acanthus scroll and with game scenes of dogs and birds
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on
locks, underside of receiver and triggerguard bow, signed B J Wiseman.
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"Holloway & Naughton" inlaid in gold on triggerguard tang. Weight: 7lbs,
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7oz.
Built in Leicestershire, England in 2000. Excellent condition. Breech
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face
shows very little evidence of having been fired. Fine English VC leather |
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case
with stitched leather corners, gold embossed black leather maker's trade |
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label,
2-piece ebony and brass cleaning rod, leather wallet containing |
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brushes
and mops, pair of maker's snap caps and round oil bottle. A |
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prodigious amount of work building this, the first production 12 gauge
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over&under by this company. Current retail for this, their finest model,
starts |
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at
67,000 UK pounds without custom engraving, English VAT or US |
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Masters
Gunmakers |
Sidelock
Special Pigeon Model |
12ga, 2
3/4" |
$12,950 |
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[Don
Masters, from Churchill] |
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30" SxS
barrels with 8 Teague interchangeable choke tubes. 14 3/8"pull from
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front
trigger to solid black pad. Leather-covered, fully adjustable comb.
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Fully
figured walnut stock by Malcolm Cruxton with steel-capped pistol
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grip,
beavertail forend with recessed Anson pushbutton release, teardrops
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and gold
escutcheon bearing monogram of original owner William Freitas. |
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Acanthus
scroll engraved by Johnny Beech with maker's name in gold, doll's
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head and
third fastener, bushed firing pins and manual safety. Double- |
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beaded,
long-tang triggerguard inlaid with gold pigeon. Color casehardening
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by Ray
St. Ledger. Weight: 8lbs, 6oz. London nitro proofed for 1 1/4oz |
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loads in
1982. Retaining 99% blue, 90% case colors. Pictured, cover, |
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Sporting
Gun Oct 1982. Construction of this gun discussed extensively in |
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Don
Masters' book, The House of Churchill, pp 464 - 472.
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J V
Needham, |
Consecutive Matched Pair, |
20ga, 2
1/2" |
$9,995 |
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Retailed by Greener |
Boxlock
Ejectors |
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28" SxS
barrels with smooth concave ribs, both sets choked cylinder and |
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modified. 14 1/4"pull from front triggers to red rubber recoil pads. 1 1/2 -
2 |
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1/8"drop. 1/2" cast-off. Straight-grained English walnut stocks with Anson- |
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pushbutton-release splinter forends, straight English grips, classic point- |
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pattern
checkering, teardrops and silver ovals. Scroll engraved receivers with
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rib-extension third fasteners and automatic safeties with SAFE in gold. In
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separate
leather trunk cases. Weights: 5lbs, 8oz. Built 1935. Excellent bores
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and
mechanical condition, tight and in proof. 95% barrel blue, 75% |
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Needham |
Boxlock |
12ga, 2
1/2" |
$650 |
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27" SxS
barrels choked extra full & extra full, 14 5/8"pull from front trigger |
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to pad,
1 5/8" - 2 5/8"drop, 3/8" cast-on. Half grip & splinter forend with
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Deeley
pull-down latch. Light scroll engraved. Greener crossbolt. Weight:
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6lbs,
6oz. Built ca 1895. London black powder proofed. All metalwork |
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99%
reblue. Minimum barrel wall thickness: .018" --- sold as a collector's
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William
Powell |
"The
Heritage" Detachable |
20ga, 2
3/4" |
$16,750 |
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26" SxS
chopper-lump barrels with smooth concave rib and one fine bead |
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choked
cylinder & modified, 14 3/4"pull from articulated front trigger to
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checkered butt, 1 1/2" - 2 1/8"drop, 1/4" cast-off. Figured walnut stock
with |
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straight
English grip and splinter forend with Anson pushbutton release. |
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Scalloped, coin-finished receiver with Westley Richards-type hand- |
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detachable locks, fine scroll engraved by Gianmarco Sabatti. SAFE in gold.
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Weight:
6lbs, 3oz. Built in 1987 by Abbiatico & Salvinelli---their "Tribute"
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model,
for William Powell of Birmingham. Both Italian and Birmingham |
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proofed.
In leather trunk case with Powell trade label. 99%+blue.
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Westley
Richards |
Droplock
Ejector |
12ga, 2
1/2" |
$11,750 |
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30" SxS
chopper-lump barrels of Whitworth fluid compressed steel with |
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smooth
concave rib choked improved cylinder and full. 14 7/8"pull from |
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front
trigger to checkered horn buttplate, 1 3/4" - 2 1/4" drop, 1/4" cast-off.
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Lightly
figured walnut stock with horn-tipped Deeley-release splinter forend,
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straight
English grip, classic point-pattern checkering with mullered borders
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and
vacant silver oval. Fine-scroll-engraved, scalloped-back, droplock action
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with
active dolls' head third fastener, automatic ejectors and automatic safety
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with
SAFE in gold. Action Patent Use Number: 321. Weight: 6lbs, 8oz. |
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Built ca
1903 and London nitro reproofed in 1985. 99%+ proper London |
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reblacked barrels, traces of original casehardening colors. Tight and with
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excellent bores. In maker's oak & leather trunk case with proper labels. |
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